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National Programme for controlof blindness

By- Group 5

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y Group 5

5 Abhishek Nirwal (42) Chaitanya Soman (81) Nandita Patne (71)

Niranjan Gaikwad (41) Poornima Waghmare (12) Priyanka Ajmani (84) Rohit Abrol (64)

Rohit Sharma (73) Roshni Ravi (82) Sachita Chawla (63)

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The National ProgrammeFor control of Blindness

Launched in 1976

Earlier Trachoma controlcontrol programme 1968

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Strategies

Strengthening service delivery

Developing human resources for eyecare

Promoting outreach activities andpublic awareness

Developing institutional capacity

To establish eye care facilities forevery 5 lac person

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Revised Strategies

To make NPCB more comprehensive bystrengthening services for other cause ofblindness

To shift from the eye camp approach to a

fixed facility surgical approach And from conventional surgery to IOL

Implantation

To expand the world bank project activities

To strengthen participation of voluntaryorganizations in the programme

Improve the performance of govt. units

To enhance the coverage of eye care

services in tribal and other underservedareas

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Infrastructuraldevelopment

National institute of ophthalmologyestablished 10 other institute

82 medical colleges upgraded under

NPCB 39 medical colleges designated as

training centers for paramedicalophthalmic assistance

166 eye bank developed in Govt. andnon-Govt sectors 445 district hospitals The concept of district blindness control

society was first developed in 5 pilotdistrict

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Development of infrastructure foreye care

Item Current achievementStrengthening of PHCs 5633

Central mobile units 80

Strengthening of district hospitals 445

Upgrading of departments of ophthalmologyin medical colleges

82Establishment of regional institute 11

Ophthalmic assistance training centers 39

District mobile units 341

State ophthalmic cells 21Establishment of DBCSs 512

Eye banks(Govt) 166

Paramedical ophthalmic assistance posted 4881

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Organizationalstructure

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,Ophthalmology SectionDirectorate General of health

,servicesMinistry of health and Family

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,State Ophthalmic cellDirectorate of health

,servicesState health societies

District Blindness controlsociety

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Service delivery andreferral system

Tert

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Level

Regional Institute ofophthalmology and centers

of excellence in eye care medicalcolleges

District Hospitalsand NGO eye

Hospitals

-Sub district level

/hospitals CHCsMobile ophthalmic unitsUpgraded PHCs

/Link workers Panchayats

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Other Programmes

School eye Screening programmes6-7% of children aged between 10-14

years have problem with eye sighteffecting their learning at school

Collection and utilization of donatedeyes

20000 donated eyes are collectedevery year in India

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Danish association

1983-2003

Funds were utilized for

1.Training

2.Supply of equipment

3.Preparation of health educationmaterial and support to

Karnataka. Project was completed on 5th

November 2003.

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WHO Includes:

Intra country fellowships in cornealtransplantation.

Vitreo-retianl surgery.

Lasers in ophthalmology and pediatricophthalmologyPilot survey on childhood blindness in Delhi.Training in district programme management.

Situational analysis of eye careinfrastructure and human resources inIndia.

High quality workshops in eye care forfacult of medical colle es.

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Thank you